Elemis Pro-Collagen Eye Revive Mask

Elemis Pro-Collagen Eye Revive Mask Elemis Pro-Collagen Eye Revive Mask ingredients explained: Aqua/Water/Eau, Butylene Glycol, Propanediol, Maltodextrin, Carbomer, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Glycerin, Sodium Polyacrylate, Lespedeza Capitata Extract, Pentylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Sodium Hydroxide, Lactic Acid, Serine, Sodium Lactate, Sorbitol, Urea, Rhizobian Gum, Sodium Hyaluronate, Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract, Chlorphenesin, Plankton Extract, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Sodium Chloride, Coenochloris Signiensis Extract, Lecithin, Tocopherol, Allantoin Show all ingredients by function Aqua/Water/Eau solvent Butylene Glycol moisturizer/​humectant, solvent 0, 1 Propanediol solvent, moisturizer/​humectant Maltodextrin Carbomer viscosity controlling Phenoxyethanol preservative Hydroxyacetophenone antioxidant, preservative Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil emollient 0, 0 goodie Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/​humectant superstar Sodium Polyacrylate Lespedeza Capitata Extract Pentylene Glycol Disodium EDTA chelating Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate moisturizer/​humectant Sodium Hydroxide buffering Lactic Acid exfoliant, moisturizer/​humectant, buffering Serine skin-identical ingredient Sodium Lactate buffering, moisturizer/​humectant Sorbitol Urea Rhizobian Gum Sodium Hyaluronate Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract Chlorphenesin preservative, antimicrobial/​antibacterial Plankton Extract Chlorella Vulgaris Extract Sodium Chloride Coenochloris Signiensis Extract Lecithin emollient, emulsifying Tocopherol antioxidant 0-3, 0-3 Allantoin soothing Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product. It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water. Expand to read more Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying. One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time. Butylene glycol, or let’s just call it BG, is a multi-tasking colorless, syrupy liquid. It’s a great pick for creating a nice feeling product. BG’s main job is usually to be a solvent for the other ingredients. Other tasks include helping the product to absorb faster and deeper into the skin (penetration enhancer), making the product spread nicely over the skin (slip agent), and attracting water (humectant) into the skin. It’s an ingredient whose safety hasn’t been questioned so far by anyone (at least not that we know about). BG is approved by Ecocert and is also used enthusiastically in natural products. BTW, it’s also a food additive. Propanediol is a natural alternative for the often used and often bad-mouthed propylene glycol. It's produced sustainably from corn sugar and it's Ecocert approved. It's quite a multi-tasker: can be used to improve skin moisturization, as a solvent, to boost preservative efficacy or to influence the sensory properties of the end formula. It's a little helper ingredient coming from corn, rice or potato starch that can help to keep skin mat (absorbent), to stabilise emulsions, and to keep the product together (binding). A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No wonder, it is a very popular and common ingredient. Typically used at 1% or less in most formulations. It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben. It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic. Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10). It’s often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol. A handy mult what‑it‑does moisturizer/humectant | solvent irritancy, com. solvent | moisturizer/humectant antioxidant | preservative skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant exfoliant | moisturizer/humectant | buffering buffering | moisturizer/humectant preservative | antimicrobial/antibacterial emollient | emulsifying

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